CompuServe Messages

>Try calling them direct. The number is (206) 671-3325. I saw a demo (a friend of >mine has one) and it sure beats the heck out of the Toaster thing. It has all kinds >of in's and out's (including Betacam component), all kinds of great special effects, >digital frame buffers, the works… I just wish I could justify its cost (this is all a >hobby). It starts at around $5k and goes up to $12k with all options. Well, I have one, and it only cost 4K, and has all the options I'll want for quite some time (the only other thing, of interest to 3D users here, is the digital Player/recorder which is basically non-linear editing as well as the single frame recorder issue solved — I'll probably get it at the end of the year. (BTW, I don't want anyone to think here that 4K to me is a trivial matter — but although video is only a hobby this machine is a godsend and takes the place of everything, including TBCs, that I'll need for my video projects). Some of the nicer things not mentioned about the VM — it writes and reads VITC to even consumer level machines (making editing with them VERY accurate even over the long haul), it has extremely clean Luma and Chroma keying (even the Toaster doesn't do Chroma) and the software only takes advantage of half of what the board can do — the software is constantly updated to provide fantastic features (this I can vouch for — the manual I got for the 1.1 release had a READ.ME that actually contained about five brand new features well worth waiting for!). I agree with Gus — you can call them direct and they'll give you dealer numbers (they sell strictly through dealers — for support issues)